Realme 3 Now Official with a Php6.5K Price Tag, Realme 3 Pro Also Coming Soon

The Realme 3 is finally here! Well at least in India. But it's definitely coming to the Philippines as well, if those teasers from Realme Philippines are any indications. As expected and previously announced, Realme has just officially launched its latest smartphone offering in India today, the Realme 3.

Packaging

The packaging of the Realme 3 will consist of the phone itself, of course, a soft casing for immediate protection of the smartphone from scratches and smudges, a 10W charger, and a microUSB cable charger. Like the Realme C1, it does not seem to come with a pair of earphones in the box.

Processor, Memory, and Storage

In India, the Realme 3 will be powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio P70 processor and will be released in two configurations. One in 3GB RAM with 32GB storage and another in 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. That's for that market, but for some reason, when it hits the international shelves, the device will be equipped with the same MediaTek chipset with eight cores but a Helio P60 variant instead.

Chroma Boost and Nightscape?

These are the two camera modes that Realme is highlighting with this Realme 3 device. Chroma Boost works like HDR mode in other Android smartphones where it captures multiple frames of the same image and stack them up to produce a single photo with much more improved dynamic range and reduce noise. Nightscape on the other hand, is Realme's own version of Nigh Mode.

Cameras

Speaking of camera features, the Realme 3 is mounted with dual camera lenses on the back which offer 13MP with f1.8 aperture and Phase Detection Autofocus with a 2MP secondary shooter for depth sensing. The rear cameras are also equipped with AI system especially Scene Recognition technology where they identify the type of subject that it being pictured such as food, sky, flowers etc, and smartly adjust color saturation for a much better quality and social media sharing-ready photos. On the front is a 13MP selfie camera with f2.0 aperture.

Display and Software

The Realme 3 will come with a 6.2-inch IPS LCD screen, HD+ display resolution, and a waterdrop notch that holds the front camera. The display is a 19:9 aspect ratio and it protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. And as for its operating system, it's going to have the latest Android 9 Pie with also the brand new ColorOS 6 on top.

There are a lot of exciting things to look forward to in this smartphone, and one of those is how good-looking this phone is on the outside. That's mainly due to its color options, the gradient ones are for the win. As you can see in the video below the back panels appear to be glossy and glass-like, but in fact they are made of polycarbonate materials and Realme just did a very good job on how the finish would look on the finished products.

In other words, the Realme 3 is another premium smartphone at first glance with entry level pricing attached to it.

Realme 3 specs:

6.2-inch HD+ IPS LCD Display

1520 x 720 resolution

19:9 aspect ratio

Gorilla Glass 3

Mediatek Helio P60 processor

3GB / 4GB RAM

32GB / 64GB internal storage

13MP + 2MP dual rear camera with f1.8, PDAF, Depth Sensor, and AI

13MP front camera with f2.0

ColorOS 6.0 with Android 9 Pie

WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS

Fingerprint Scanner

Face Unlock

Triple SIM Slot

4G LTE

3.5mm audiojack

4230mAh battery

Pricing and Availability

As of writing this device will initially be available in India with pricing scheme that's so Realme and definitely will attract even more users once formally released. The Realme 3 in 3GB/32GB variant will have a 8,999 Rupees in India (about Php6,500) and the 4GB/64GB model will be for 10,999 Rupees or around Php8,000.

We don't have official pricing for the Philippine market yet, but we expect them to be around the converted values given above. Also, it appears that the Realme 3 will be released in the Philippines within this month.

And last but not least, a Realme 3 Pro was already teased by the Chinese company at the launch to compete head to head with Redmi Note 7 Pro and promise to arrive in April of this year.